In re M.A.K.

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

On November 20, 1978, appellant, Allegheny County Institution District (the Agency), filed a petition for the involuntary termination of parental rights and duties of appellee, M.A.K., the natural mother, to her children M.K. and R.K. After a hearing on March 12, 1979, both parties filed post-trial briefs, and, on April 11, 1979, the chancellor or hearing judge entered a decree nisi terminating the parental rights of M.A.K. to M.K. and R.K.1 M.A.K. filed exceptions to the decree. After oral argument, the court en banc reversed the decree nisi and…